Holographic Buttons & Stickers!!!

Buttons featuring designs from Old Skool Junk

That's right, I now offer HOLOGRAPHIC buttons! Yesterday the holographic paper I ordered came in the mail and I was dying to test it out. This weekend I got an order for buttons from the awesome Old Skool Junk, and what better design to test this holographic paper out on than a freaking unicorn?!

I gave it a shot and it turned out freaking awesome! I'm so excited! I'm currently working on listings for holographic sailor moon buttons and custom buttons in my shop. It should be up later this week! I'll post an announcement when they're up!

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In the name of the moon...I am so disorganized!

Sailor Muerte Stickers now available in my etsy shop~!

It's only been a week since I've come home from Otakon and I am still unpacking! I haven't had a moment to rest all week and things have been really hectic, but thankfully they should be back to normal starting tomorrow.

I'll get back into my normal posting routine with my blogs and settle back into my 9-5 job as a graphic designer. (I am actually looking forward to the daily routine.)

*gasp* More Stickers?

Welp, yesterday I came to the realization that this is my last full week to create things for my table in Otakon's Artist Alley, and I am freaking out. There's still so much I want to make and do, plus I still need to reconfigure my entire display and table set up.

I may or may not be an utter wreck... (but if I am, I'm very good at hiding it. Notreally.Ihaven'twashedmyhairinforever.)

I've been really happy with the quality of my larger vinyl stickers (Don't worry video review is coming soon), and they've already been selling really well in my etsy shop, so I ordered some more!

Menus always make me hungry

More things I get to do at work. A new Jamaican restaurant just opened up in our area and they needed a menu, so this is what I came up with.

To keep costs down the menu is 8.5" x 11", single sided, and it currently has no bleed. If the menu ever expands it might need to be double sided, but for now one side works well.

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Stuff I do at work

I don't just make Sailor Moon Stuff ya' know..

A local Rock & Roll Memorabilia and Merchandiser wanted a new shirt for their employees and customers, so these are a few options I whipped up for them at work today.

They ended up going with a variation of the first shirt in the top row, with white ink on a purple shirt, but I preferred the 3rd shirt on the top row. (With a bit of tweaking of course.) I thought that design would look really cute distressed on a baseball style tee. (Where the sleeves are colored but the body is white.)

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Done!

One down, four more to go! (Or was it 5?) I'm a bit rusty on my Sailor Moon weapons. I've been re-watching the entire series with my friends and we're currently in the end of the Sailor Moon R arc, so my it'll take a while for me to get through the rest of the series and remember all her weapons.

After this is the mid-length scepter with a heart on it, then the chalice, the sword, and her final scepter/staff...I think. I better double check.

These aren't the official stickers, these are just print outs from my ink jet to see if I like the sizing. Right now they are roughly 4" x 1.5", and I like it's size in relation to my transformation brooch button. I am debating on whether of not I'll make all the weapons this size, or have them sizes relative to their weapon size, but her sword and staff are really long...so even though the perfectionist in me wants to make them all relative, I think that would be too large for a sticker.

Another progress shot under the cut!

Sailor Sticker Weapons WIP

I received my sticker samples from the company I plan on ordering from, and the clear ones just weren't up to snuff. I plan on ordering white vinyl ones from that company, but I am on the look out for a clear sticker producer that has what I'm looking for.

In the meantime, what good is buying stickers for Otakon when I have no designs? I started working on this one tonight. Check out an earlier WIP shot under the cut.

Sorry, I thought you were cheese...

Working on some more button designs for Otakon, of course I have to have my favorite witch of sweets represented! To be honest this is my favorite form of Charlotte. The design reminds me of Sid and Marty Krofft.

Giant Orders and Packaging.

So many pendants...

Now that my giant order was finished and shipped out this week, I can finally post about it!

Tiny (Rage Inducing) Sprinkles Are COMPLETE!

Photo from my Instagram Account

I hate making these itty bitty sprinkles. They are hand made polymer clay nonpareil-style sprinkles that I make and cover in a luster dust to create a golden/iridescent sheen. I use them for all my You're my hero cookies, and they are a huge pain in my butt.

Admittedly candy-style sprinkles (the long tube-like ones) would be insanely easier to make in large batches, but it just doesn't have the same effect.

I make each one of these little things by hand so, until I find a better way, this is how they will be made from now until forever.

On a clumsy/frustrating note, I did what most crafters dread. I knocked over my container of these onto shag carpeting. After I cussed up a storm that would put any sailor to shame, I turned on my photo lights and sat on the floor picking each one up. Thankfully I got most of them back, but I am STILL mad that I did that.

Nothing sucks more than sitting there for hours hand making itty bitty clay sprinkles and then accidentally dumping them all over the floor. Have any of you ever done that? (Please tell me I'm not alone...and clumsy.)

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Giant etsy Order!

From my Instagram Account

Sorry things have been so quiet on this account. I was doing so well with updating before, and I am hoping to get back into my TWEWY series, but in the meantime I am filling a GIANT etsy order. I'll post a few photos as I progress.

So far I have the 22 cookie bases completed, now it's time to make more sprinkles and start the customization.

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Make Polymer Clay Frosting the EASY Way

I finally made a new video! This time I share my secret ingredient in making really easy polymer clay icing.

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Trust Your Partner.

I don't know about the cropping for this one. I kind of wanted all their heads to be cropped the same way to keep the sizing consistent for the series of buttons, but I feel like I want to see more of his outfit.

I might have to tinker with the cropping more, but this is currently available in my etsy shop.

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Buttons Coming VERY Soon!

After finishing two characters I figured I would take a mini break before starting the next one. (Just a day or two off.) I want to try and work on some other projects that don't use digital media. In the meantime, I'll be printing both twewy poster designs up as buttons and they'll be available in my Etsy shop later this week!

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Finished...Maybe?

Urg, I really don't like this one for some reason. I might choose a different quote to put on the background because the one I have right now just doesn't fit right. Plus, I always relate Joshua to the color purple in my head, but this theme is more on the blue/periwinkle side.

Visually I like the purple background more than the blue, but the blue is canon and makes sense. What to do? Either way I am kinda, sorta, done with this one. Time to move on to the next character.

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The Ultimate Player (not really though...)

It's getting there...I started adding color but I felt like the coloring looked wrong. I think I am just going insane.

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And then there was color!

So I was originally only going to do a vectored outline with a colored background...but that looked too lazy to me. I think I'll stick with that for a poster of the whole group, but for individuals...it just wasn't my style.

So, that means everyone will get their own full color mini poster, and then there will be at least 2 group posters, which is more work...but I feel like the final results will be worth it. (I hope.)

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Current project

I had so much fun making those little twewy sketches, I decided to do a few digital versions. I plan on making them into postcard sized prints individually, and then making one 11"x17" or 12"x18" poster print of them together. (Possibly without the quotes. Not sure if I can fit them all in.)

I'll update with them as I go!

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Jelly Fish Princess 11x17 Poster

FINALLY!

It's done! (I think...) I might do a few tweaks here and there before Otakon, but I am pretty happy with the final results.

Check out some detail shots under the cut!

If you want to enjoy life, expand your world.

If you bought a single players pin on Friday...you'll be getting your own Mr. Hanekoma! Does not come with coffee.

Only 2 days left to get a FREE drawing with a purchase in my etsy shop!(Free drawings will stop Sunday, May 4th.)

Get ‘em while you can!

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